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Preoperative Diagnosis

ALVIN L. WATNE, MD; GEORGE R. BUTZ, MD; THOMAS J. TARNAY, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1964;89(3):441-445.

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Duodenal obstruction secondary to an intramural hematoma was first described by McLaughlin in 1838.¹ Of the 36 reported cases, all except four have been recognized in the past ten years.^2-4 While the intramural hematoma may arise spontaneously, it is much more frequently associated with trauma, usually from a nonpenetrating blow to the abdomen. In a review of 1,476 patients with blunt abdominal trauma resulting in intestinal injury, Poer and Woliver found that 8% involved the duodenum.⁵ The duodenum was especially vulnerable because of its retroperitoneal fixation and was the area involved in 50% of intramural hematomas described in 34 patients by Spencer et al.⁶

The roentgen diagnosis of intramural hematoma was beautifully illustrated by Liverud in 1948,⁷ while Felson and Levin⁸ described the pathognomonic "coiled spring" pattern of the mucosa as an aid in preoperative diagnosis in 1954. The patient reported here had been . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
MORGANTOWN, W VA

Departments of surgery and radiology, West Virginia University Medical Center.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Feb 25, 1964.

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